Accountability Breakdown D.C. adultery scandals shed light on Christian support in the capital.

[Shallah Kali]

I am posting this as this is the view of an evangelical magazine on lies by members of The Family:

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2009/september/4.22.html

The Fellowship is a Christian network designed to minister to high-profile leaders through small-group Bible studies. ct's requests for comment were not returned.

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The Fellowship takes a quiet role on Capitol Hill, generating suspicion of what goes on in the C Street house, said Rice University sociology professor Michael Lindsay.

"The Fellowship has been one of the most powerful sources of spiritual encouragement for some of the public officials over the 20th century," said Lindsay, who authored Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite. "It provides the same kind of support that many churches do, but it does so as a free-floating organization. With that comes a lot of freedom, but it also creates some problems about issues of accountability."

The group takes a casual approach, having its members share a Bible verse or talk about their week, said Michael Cromartie, vice president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center.

"How easy is it for someone to rebuke a congressman or a senator? It takes some courage to be direct with people in power," Cromartie said. "The breakdown may have been, 'How am I supposed to {talk to} this senator about how he's spending time with his staff in the late hours?'"